Buy me a camera

cormie

Hi,
I got a Fuji A350 not so long ago and the LCD got smashed:(

So now I'm in search of another camera, I don't have the same kind of money so I'm looking to get one for between say €50 and €80 including shipping. I got my A350 for €92 delivered, great deal from Ebay, even though it was 2nd hand.

So I've narrowed an ebay search down to cameras priced between $10 and $60 and ending within 2 hours. I'm hoping to catch a bargain but I'll more than likely have to act quick if I see one, so I'm just wondering out of all the brands I've heard of before, which are recommended most? I know Olympus are supposed to have great lenses, who else does?

I was also told Mega Pixels don't mean much if the lense is bad, so I suppose anything between 3 and 5 MP should be ok. Should I be looking at optical zoom too?

The link to the search is [URL="http://listings.ebay.com/Digital-Cameras_W0QQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfcclZ1QQfclZ3QQfromZR2QQfrppZ200QQfsclZ1QQfsclZ1QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQfssZ0QQftZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ2QQnojsprZyQQnojsprZyQQpf_queryZQQpriceZ1QQsacatZ29997QQsacqyopZgeQQsacurZ0QQsaprchiZ60QQsaprcloZ10QQsaslopZ1QQsatitleZQQsbrsrtZdQQsocmdZListingItemListQQsorefinesearchZ1]here[/url"]here[/URL].

Some of the main brands popping up are:

Olympus
Kodak
Fuji
Sony
Canon
Toshiba
HP
Nikon

So if I was to see say all of these brands with similar specs, say 4mp, 3x optical zoom and at the same price, who should I go with? If somebody who knows their cameras could rank each camera (there are 8 so say from 8th to 1st place) I'd really appreciate it.

Also, Where could I see a sample image of a photo taken with say a 3mp camera compared to a 5mp camera?

Shrimp

sure my camera screen has been smashed since the week after i got it, and my stuffs grand without it..

cormie

The lcd display on the a350 controls focus and everything though so I'm pretty screwed without it. For me to take a proper shot, I have to press each setting and take a shot, because I don't know what setting I'm picking, I just know I'm changing them. I was trying to take a photo of a card yesterday, it took 30 shots and only 3 were in focus!

Any ideas on brand rankings? Oh and if the title is misleading, I'll be paying for it myself, I'd just like some help with the window shopping:o

CasimiR

Did you check http://www.steves-digicams.com/ ?
good reviews .. should help you choosing :-)

cormie

Thanks for the reply.

I'm not actually looking for a particular camera. Just a bargain:) I wont have time to read reviews and compare if I spot a bargain, I'll have to get ready to bid then and there.

Which of the above brands would be best choice for this price range? I forgot Casio and Konica:)

cormie

Would anyone know what the best brand to go for would be?:o

Dimy

If you're looking for a bargain go with what you can find for that money... you're budget is quite limited to go for a specific kind of brand. But I'd go for Canon, Nikon, Kodak or Sony. Good luck

Oriel

cormie wrote:

Would anyone know what the best brand to go for would be?:o

If you're just "looking for a bargin", why would you care? It's not going to be the best camera, it's not going to be worth a lot of money, why worry?

cormie

Well I don't care if it's used or not, in fact, I'd prefer a better used one than a worse brand new one for the same price:) I always like to get the best out of my money;)

cormie

Hi,
I just won an auction for this camera. Should work out to be about €60 delivered.

Is that good or bad? Can I pull out if I don't want to go ahead with it/find something better?

halenger

You can't pull out of auctions on e-bay. It warns you of that when you bid as far as I remember. You could simply not pay but you'll get negative feedback and the like obviously.

The A350 is far, far superior. That is a 2MegaPixel camera with no digital zoom.

Did you look into getting the A350 repaired? I guess the warranty wouldn't cover the repair?

cormie

Hi,
Thanks for the reply.

I didn't really think before bidding:(

The A350 would cost me over €100 to repair, considering I paid less than the repair charge, I don't really want to opt for that. I see damaged cameras selling for about $40/50 on Ebay, I reckon I could get about $50 for the A350.

I reckon I got an excellent deal in the first place with the A350, but I just can't spend any more time waiting for a similar deal to come up, I must have spend over 3 hours so far looking for a nice deal on Ebay.

Is €60 delivered ok for the one I got do you reckon?

What do you think of this or this deal?

Progen

What about a Fuji S560? Or Fuji S7000? Both cheap enough.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05072802fuji_s5200zs5600z.asp

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilms7000/


The S5600 going for 237 euro, comes with a free mini tripod, camera bag, extra batterys, cables/strap, lens cap, etc! Oh, and it seems to be brand new also!

on ebay at: http://cgi.ebay.ie/FUJIFILM-FUJI-FINEPIX-S5600-3-x-GIFTS-NEW_W0QQitemZ7591409758QQcategoryZ31388QQtcZphotoQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

cormie

I think they are way out of my budget unfortunately:( I've emailed the seller asking would he like to relist in the hope of getting a higher bid. If not, I'll go ahead with the sale, if so, I'll get something else.

cormie

Ooops:o

I've just gone and won another auction on Ebay for an Olympus D-535 Digital Camera.

It will work out at about €75 delivered.

Damn, I've contacted the seller of the other one apologising and I've also contacted the 2nd highest bidder of the other one asking would s/he like to take over. Hopefully there wont be a problem and everyone will be happy.

I think I got a much better deal here.

Shrimp

i'd go for canon..

cormie

hehe, no more, pleease! I've caused enough damage already and I'm happy with the price of the Olympus:)

Progen

cormie wrote:

hehe, no more, pleease! I've caused enough damage already and I'm happy with the price of the Olympus:)

Lol, fair play. Nutter!

halenger

Shrimp wrote:

i'd go for canon..

A 2MP Canon with no optical zoom versus a 3.2MP Olympus with 3x optical zoom? Why would you stick with the Canon? It's not like it's a Canon versus some no name brand.

cormie

I don't think Shrimp was saying to go with the first auction I won, but to go and win another one for a Canon, the first one I won was a Fuji, I think he just wanted to get me banned from Ebay or sumthin:p

halenger

Why oh why must I post while that tired. *coughs* Carry on...

Shrimp

cormie wrote:

I don't think Shrimp was saying to go with the first auction I won, but to go and win another one for a Canon, the first one I won was a Fuji, I think he just wanted to get me banned from Ebay or sumthin:p

I mean canon as a brand, not that one..